Staff Q of the English Wordbook.
Basic abbreviations:
- OE = Old English
- ME = Middle English
- PG = Or-theedish
- SC = Scots
- SW = Swedish
- Dan. = Danish
- ON = Old Norse
- OS = Old Saxon
- NHG = New Hightheech
- IC = Icelandish
- H.IC = High Icelandish
- Du. = Netherlandish
- Fris. = Friesish
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Offshortenings.
| Chancery English | Class | Anglish/English | ||
| Attested | Unattested | |||
| quadrennium | n | - | yearfour | |
| quadrilateral | n | - | fourhook (cf. Du. vierhoek)
fithershite | |
| quadrupedal | adj | four-footed | - | |
| quadruple | vb/adj | fourfold | - | |
| quadruplet | n | - | fourfoldling | |
| quail | n | woodhen, edhen, whittle (O.E wihtel) | ||
| qualification | n | if | orskill | |
| qualify | vb | fit, ready | - | |
| quality | n/adj |
n: standing; hallmark, kind adj: worthy, blue-chip, four-star, gilt-edged, groovy, keen, lovely, sterling, tip-top, topping, wonderful slang: cool, out-of-sight |
suchness (<OE swilcness), ownship special: sunderkind (<OE sundorgecynd) | |
| quantity | n | boatload, bunch, bundle, deal, handful, heap, hundred, lashings, loads, sheaf, shipload, stack, wealth |
yelm, mickleness, muchness (<OE micelnes) | |
| quarantine | n | self-sunderhood (loanshift of self-isolation); homestuck. | ||
| quarry | n | stonepit, stone-bed | delvern, stone-delf | |
| quarter | n | fourth, farthing | fourdeal | |
| quasi- | pref |
almost, nearly, nigh- |
- | |
| quay | n | wharf | - | |
| quest | n | fare, hunt | - | |
| question | n | asking, bidding, fraining | ask-thing; frain (<ME<OE fræġn, cf. NHG. fragen, Du. vragen), befraining, soke | |
| question | vb | ask, bid, frain | befrain (<OE befrinan. cf. NHG befragen) | |
| questionable | adj | dodgy, iffy, shady, shaky | frainful, frainworthy, cwalmy, cwalmworthy, askworthy, bidworthy | |
| queue | n | row, line | ||
| qui pro quo | phr | misunderstanding | - | |
| quid pro quo | phr | back-and-forth, trade-off | - | |
| quiet | adj | hushed, still; low-key; hidden, sheltered, | roolie swey (<OE swige) | |
| quieten | vb | lull, settle, soothe, still; hush | beroo (cf. NHG beruhigen), swey | |
| quietness | n | stillness, roo | - | |
| quietude | n | stillness | - | |
| quince (fruit) | n | - | codapple (<OE coddæppel) | |
| quintessential | adj | - | swotelsome (OE sweotol) | |
| quinquennium | n | - | yearfive | |
| quit | vb | step down; give up, knock off; forsake, allay, end | - | |
| quite | adv | altogether, wholly; kind of, more or less, much, fully, even, evenly, fairly | - | |
| quiver | n | - | cocker | |
| quiz | n | guessing game | knowledge game (O.E. game & know; plus ledge of obscure origin), frain game | |
| quote | vb | show, quethe, speech-mark | twinspeak, markspeak | |
| quotidian | adj | daily | - | |
